Czech quartet Limbo will celebrate 20 years on jazz scene

Brainchild of Pilsen saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Pavel Hrubý, LiMBO was founded back in 2004 as a trio with Prague based Ukrainian double bass player Taras Vološčuk and drummer Miloš Dvořáček. With addition of trumpet and flugelhorn player František Kučera, quartet recorded their eponymous self-released debut in 2005 (digitally reissued by Signals from Arkaim in 2013 with bonus track). 

Two years later, second album named Kalimbo was released by new Czech label Amplión. Both first and second album include vital acoustic jazz inspired by such artists as Art Ensemble of Chicago and Ornette Coleman luminaries Old And New Dreams.

Miloš Latislav · 2 faces of LiMBO

In 2009, Pavel Hrubý set electro-acoustic version of Limbo with pianist / keyboardist Michal Nejtek, guitarist Jiří Šimek (Muff, NUO), percussionist Tomáš Reindl (Omnion, Tellemarkk) alternating bassists Taras Volščuk, Martin Kapusník or Tomáš Liška and drummer Martin Kopřiva. Resulted recording is named Out Of Body and was issued again by Amplión Records.

Third album Koncert (Polí5 2012) marks return to acoustic quartet format and arrival of highly talented Slovak drummer Dušan Černák. Last album Details was released in 2017, again on Polí5 label. In following years, Pavel Hrubý, who plays tenor, soprano and alto saxophones along with clarinet and bass clarinet, focused on soprano and bass clarinet with Limbo. Trumpet player František Kučera was replaced by alto saxophonist Petr Kalfus on some concerts.

In 2023, Limbo will play five concerts with new line-up: Pavel Hrubý - soprano sax and bass clarinet, Oskar Török - trumpet (Vertigo), Taras Vološčuk - double bass and Dušan Černák - drums. During this summer new album recording is planned and Pavel Hrubý announced his return to tenor sax for Limbo. In 2024, group will celebrate its 20th anniversary with large tour and fifth album will be released on Amplión Records.

25. 03. – Praha - U Malého Glena Jazz Club 21:00 
22. 04. – Banská Bystrica - Hogo Fogo Jazz & Art Club 20:00 
09. 06. – Praha - Jazz Dock Club 19:00 
15. 06. – Písek - Balzám Café 19:00 
11. 11. – Dresden - Jazzclub Tonne 20:00

www.limbo-music.cz

In addition to Limbo, Pavel Hrubý recorded two solo albums for Amplión Records: Between The Lines (2014) and Go Between (2021, vinyl only), two albums with cooperative quartet Phoenix (Phoenix, 2016 and Live at Divadlo 29, 2020), duet albums with Dušan Černák (Panoptikon, Signals from Arkaim 2015), Jan Faix (Bezelstně, Polí5 2020) and Emil Viklický (Between Us, Amplión 2020). Another side project is Tellemarkk trio with Tomáš Reindl and Dorota Barová (album Tellemarkk, Amplión 2017)

Czechoslovak sextet Vertigo released their fifth studio album

Marcel Bárta (saxes), Dorota Barová (cello, voice), Oskar Török (trumpet, voice), Vojtěch Procházka (piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboard), Rastislav Uhrík (bass and bass guitar) and Daniel Šoltis (drums) are distinct musical personalities who have been coming together for more than fifteen years in the original formation VERTIGO to create music of perfect harmony and creativity; music that knows no boundaries and that keeps exploring new directions and compositional as well as interpretational possibilities. Their fifth studio album Daleko on Animal Music, for which all the members have provided their own authored music, is yet another proof of their originality and also an invitation to us to join them on a playful journey discovering far horizons.

http://vertigo-music.cz/en/

Silence speaks, music listens

Silence speaks, music listens - Observing through sound and silence

The ability to simply observe oneself in any situation reveals our almost continuous identification with the body and the mind. During this concert, the silence between the improvised pieces will give an unusual opportunity to witness this process even more clearly. Together, each of us will experience this awareness by a mixture of sound and silence, sometimes gentle, sometimes provocative, sometimes serious and sometimes not... pearls of sound on strings of silence.

December 16, 2o12 in Dajana, Jaurisova 4, Prague, from 7 pm: Special guest for this evening is Hearn Gadbois, His more than 35 year professional career brought him in collaboration with many world known artists - musicians and dancers from Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Meredith Monk, Susan Deyhim, Robert Ean, Gabrielle Roth, Carther Burwell to Master musicians of Jajouka. In the 80's he was a member of popular alternative funk band Saqqara Dogs in New York. Hearn studied the rhythmical wisdom of many cultures - from Brazil, North Africa, Middle-East and Asia to India and developed his own unique style of playing on Tonbak, Dumbec, Frame drums, Daf and other self made instruments. After 9/11 he gradualy moved to Prague, where he composes his music, performs and teaches.



October 28, 2o12 in Dajana, Jaurisova 4, Prague from 7 pm: Special guest for this evening is Oskar Török, one of the top young trumpet players in Europe. He developed a highly personal style and is a rare musician who has mastered the complete range of the trumpet, from the energy laden high notes to the soft, velvety, almost wooden sounds. He plays with Iva Bittová, Vertigo, Sato-San To and others. Cyrille Oswald, a man behind the project, is a musician who uses various instruments and electronics to create soundscapes of many colours and shapes. Born in the Netherlands, he currently lives in Prague where he teaches music. He plays in a variety of ensembles such as the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, Wizzards of Oz, The Osmosis, Vitobrothers and others. The entrance fee is voluntary.

silence speaks, music listens - www.cyrille.eu